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Special Collections

The UT HSC Special Collections, located on the 5th floor of the Briscoe Library in the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library, exist to advance the understanding of the history of the health sciences. The Special Collections consists of close to 5,000 rare and historic medical books as well as local medical history collections, including manuscripts, photographs, slides, oral histories and other materials documenting the history of health care and medicine in this region. A downloadable brochure about the Special Collections is also available.

• Archives of the UT Health Science Center
• Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library
• P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library
• Digital Historical Collections
• UT HSC Records Management

Library Exhibits are designed by Pennie Borchers, Karen Eads, and Walter Creech. Current Library exhibits are located in the Lecture Hall Foyer.

The Special Collections are open from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Friday and are available to all persons with a legitimate interest in the materials (proof of identity may be requested).

Search Special Collections

Library Special Collections may be found in the Library Catalog. Search by Keyword and use a Limit by Location and select UTHSCSA - Nixon Library.

Tours of the Nixon Library, including viewings of rare books within subject areas, can be arranged by contacting Special Collections Librarian, Pennie Borchers, at (210) 567-2469 or by email to borchers@uthscsa.edu.

Archives

The UTHSCSA Archives contain publications, papers and other records that document the history of the Health Science Center itself. The archives provides a reference service for the Health Science Center community and a repository for the preservation of historically important University records. Included in the collection are University publications, correspondence of key officials, minutes, student yearbooks, etc.

Search Archives Records: http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/services/archives.cfm

UTHSCSA administrative and office personnel are requested to contact the Records Management Coordinator before disposing of inactive records or sending non-current material to storage if they feel the records contain information of historical value. Records marked on the UTHSCSA Records Retention Schedule with an I in the Archival column must automatically be sent to the Archives, not destroyed or sent to the Warehouse. Those marked with an R should be reviewed by the archivist to determine their value to the Archives. Forms for transferring records to the Archives may be found at http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/services/records/TransfertoArchives.cfm